Don Pullen-George Adams Quartet • Song Everlasting

 

Review by Richard S. Ginell
The Pullen/Adams Quartet -- or Adams/Pullen Quartet, depending upon which label does the billing -- comes out burning again in a jubilant followup to Breakthrough, which marked the group's American label debut. Here there is a little more stylistic diversity, along with plenty of melodic invention and fireworks on the outside from Pullen, Adams, Cameron Brown and Dannie Richmond. On "1529 Gunn Street," they crisply evoke the hard truckin' blues of the urban soul-jazzers -- without an organ, mind you, but with an incendiary quota of Pullen clusters -- and there are some Latin-tinged grooves as well. "Warm Up" contains some sudden, deft tempo changes that benefit from Richmond's experiences with Mingus. The CD version contains an extra Latin-flavored track, "Another Reason to Celebrate."
https://www.allmusic.com/album/song-everlasting-mw0000196746

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Reseña de Richard S. Ginell
El cuarteto Pullen/Adams -- o Adams/Pullen Quartet, dependiendo de la discográfica que lo publique -- vuelve a arder en llamas en la jubilosa continuación de Breakthrough, que supuso el debut del grupo en un sello americano. Aquí hay un poco más de diversidad estilística, junto con un montón de invención melódica y fuegos artificiales en el exterior de Pullen, Adams, Cameron Brown y Dannie Richmond. En «1529 Gunn Street», evocan con nitidez el hard truckin' blues de los soul-jazzers urbanos -sin órgano, eso sí, pero con una cuota incendiaria de clusters de Pullen- y también hay algunos grooves con tintes latinos. «Warm Up» contiene algunos cambios de tempo repentinos y hábiles que se benefician de las experiencias de Richmond con Mingus. La versión en CD contiene un tema extra con sabor latino, «Another Reason to Celebrate».
https://www.allmusic.com/album/song-everlasting-mw0000196746

Tracks:
1 - Sun Watchers
Written-By – George Adams 5:43
2 - Serenade For Sariah
Written-By – George Adams 7:35
3 - 1529 Gunn Street
Written-By – Don Pullen 6:14
4 - Warm Up
Written-By – Don Pullen 9:50
5 - Sing Me A Song Everlasting
Written-By – Don Pullen 10:30
6 - Another Reason To Celebrate
Written-By – Don Pullen 8:44


Credits:
    Art Direction – Carol Friedman
    Bass – Cameron Brown
    Drums – Dannie Richmond
    Engineer – Mike Moran (7)
    Liner Notes – Lee Jeske
    Photography By – Carol Friedman
    Piano – Don Pullen
    Producer – Michael Cuscuna
    Saxophone [Tenor] – George Adams

Recorded at RCA Studio C, New York City on April 21, 1987

Track 6 not on the original LP

Label:    Blue Note – CDP 7 46907 2
Country:    US
Released:    1987
Genre:    Jazz
Style:    Bop, Post Bop
https://www.discogs.com/release/3287334-Don-Pullen-George-Adams-Quartet-Song-Everlasting

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